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sleep panic kill you?
Can anxiety kill you? Ive had severe anxiety for six months now i have aleast two panic attacks a day will get better and worse threw the months but the worst is wakeing up in the middle of the night felling heart attack heart beating so fast cant breath shakeing. Ive been to the er so many times i cant fet this under control please please help.
Yea its been ruff. I never had a fear un the world until i got sick. I raced cars dirtbikes and even barb wire fence at 90mph almost died and it still never gave me panic attacks i rode years later. Ive also had horrable car wrecks and back bike crashes. I lived everyday like it was my last. I.loved every bit of life. Must be when i got sick i had what thought was the closest thing i ever ever ever felt to death i couldnt breath talk nothing. I had no clue what happen but that was the start of all this. Now im a wreck. My mom said how she hated how i was so careless and was so ignorant to how i lived. Now im afraid to get outa bed and tear my retina. I dont leave my house nothing. I thought i was invincible now not even close. Im overly aware of situation that i constantly over thing even thow i know i can not change. I cant tell you guys how much this is helping. Its hard when your mom cries to you and ses i want the old josh back. Im trying to fight evenharder for her it hurts me when i effect my family. Again thank you so much. This is the hardest thing to go threw along with benzo withdraw.
No doubt you've had REAL medical issues to contend with, that would cause anxiety is anyone. It's appropriate that you would have anxiety in those situations...you're just taking it to the next level.
You can always ask to increase the frequency of your therapy appts. I think that may be a good idea for a while, until you get a better grip on this anxiety.
Let us know how everything is going ok! We're here for you!
You can always ask to increase the frequency of your therapy appts. I think that may be a good idea for a while, until you get a better grip on this anxiety.
Let us know how everything is going ok! We're here for you!
It is understandable that you have panic in your sleep, considering the fears you have with your retina etc. testing. Panic won't kill you, so that is not one thing to fear.
The rashes are allergic reactions to the meds so you shouldn't worry about that either, since you stopped taking the meds. That doesn't mean the next one will give you a rash, so why don't you ask for a new one? There are many of them, and you just tried 3 - paxil, zoloft and another.
The rashes are allergic reactions to the meds so you shouldn't worry about that either, since you stopped taking the meds. That doesn't mean the next one will give you a rash, so why don't you ask for a new one? There are many of them, and you just tried 3 - paxil, zoloft and another.
This is a great idea. I will do this. Once a week is mostly when i see her sometimes every other. The problem is sometimes i have great weeks others not to great. I have had three retinal tears in two months that scares me. Also the lesions on my brain that there testing for ms scares me. Then everytime i take a new med it gives me rashes on my hands. I do turn to google more than i should and seeing that ive been on bed rest awile doesn't help. All these things i feel are over welming me. Ive been checked for everything else. The only other thing that was hard to learn to deal with was the nerocardiogentic near synscope but doc said alot of it could be anxiety and meds are hard to give for it but paxil was one that med worked ok but the rash and rapid heart rate made me hop of it. I also have auro migraines. I think thats what here called witch they had me on amityplin for that helpped fairly well with headaches but dropped my bp way to much so they pulled me of that right away. So my neuro git mri back and called for a spinal tap right away witch made me morr nervous. So when i do get anxiety under control one more thing kinda sets it off. I know its me but i cant keep these going blind fears under control and when i do there another tear. So then i get other wierd symptoms from the panic like as soon as i fall asleep i wake up sweating running crying cant breath. So its every other day i sleep witch i think makes me panic even more so im at a loss whrn i get to this point. Thanks for the help.
I have a heart phobia and the artery contractions happen when people are under stress it can make ypu have a heart attack.
The important part of that sentence is "I have a heart phobia".
Did your doctor tell you he is concerned about you having a heart attack? Did he tell you he was worried about artery contractions? Did he tell you there is something very serious wrong with your heart? Are you turning to Dr. Google?
The problem with turning to the internet for medical info is that a lot of information can be taken out of context. If you're not a medical professional, you won't understand what you're reading, which is why you let your doctor give you the appropriate info, and explain it...then you can ask any questions. To work yourself up over an arterial "contraction" is unfortunate...because I guarantee you read info you didn't understand, tried to relate it to yourself, and ended up scared to death. Doesn't really help does it? Ahhh, anxiety.
Part of getting anxiety under control involves helping yourself and empowering yourself. The last thing anyone with health anxiety should be doing is searching the internet...it will ALWAYS fuel anxiety, it will never give you a sense of relief.
So YOU need to make a concerted effort top STOP searching the internet about the heart, symptoms, health or medical topics in general, with the exception of seeking help for the anxiety.
Someone with an intense fear of snakes wouldn't be advised to throw themselves into a snake pit day after day while their anxiety is at a peak, right? That's essentially what you're doing...throwing yourself in the snake pit every time you google something.
Let your DOCTORS manage your health and start puting forth some REAL effort into atacking this anxiety. Instead of searching about heart conditions, start searching about health anxiety...that's the empowerment part. The more you learn about anxiety and understand it a little better, the better you will feel. It's NOT possible to just "snap out of it" as people may tell you...when anxiety is causing this much turmoil in your life and has you running to doctors, and spending hours online, it's affecting your life and needs managed. You need to learn how to break the cycle of anxious worrying.
Chronic anxiety, or an anxiety disorder does not have a CURE, but rather a treatment (many approaches). Anxiety can absolutely be well managed, but it takes time, patience, professional help, and some hard work. YOU can do it! You have to make the committment to make the changes though, and it won't necessarily always be easy...it's hard to break these kinds of habits and thinking processes.
You JUST started therapy...that takes time. When you tried the meds, how long were you on them before you decided they didn't work? Or, that you were not tolerating them? Meds are another thing that takes some time and often, a good bit of trial and error for some people, to find the RIGHT one.
Another suggestion for you, print out this entire thread, and show it to your therapist. That will really help her have a better idea what's going on...sometimes it's easier to express yourself in writing, verus in person...especially because you're new at therapy.
When is your next appt with her? We'll concentrate on preparing for that now. THAT is the next move....to plan for your appt. How often are you going to be seeing her? Once a week? More? Less?
The important part of that sentence is "I have a heart phobia".
Did your doctor tell you he is concerned about you having a heart attack? Did he tell you he was worried about artery contractions? Did he tell you there is something very serious wrong with your heart? Are you turning to Dr. Google?
The problem with turning to the internet for medical info is that a lot of information can be taken out of context. If you're not a medical professional, you won't understand what you're reading, which is why you let your doctor give you the appropriate info, and explain it...then you can ask any questions. To work yourself up over an arterial "contraction" is unfortunate...because I guarantee you read info you didn't understand, tried to relate it to yourself, and ended up scared to death. Doesn't really help does it? Ahhh, anxiety.
Part of getting anxiety under control involves helping yourself and empowering yourself. The last thing anyone with health anxiety should be doing is searching the internet...it will ALWAYS fuel anxiety, it will never give you a sense of relief.
So YOU need to make a concerted effort top STOP searching the internet about the heart, symptoms, health or medical topics in general, with the exception of seeking help for the anxiety.
Someone with an intense fear of snakes wouldn't be advised to throw themselves into a snake pit day after day while their anxiety is at a peak, right? That's essentially what you're doing...throwing yourself in the snake pit every time you google something.
Let your DOCTORS manage your health and start puting forth some REAL effort into atacking this anxiety. Instead of searching about heart conditions, start searching about health anxiety...that's the empowerment part. The more you learn about anxiety and understand it a little better, the better you will feel. It's NOT possible to just "snap out of it" as people may tell you...when anxiety is causing this much turmoil in your life and has you running to doctors, and spending hours online, it's affecting your life and needs managed. You need to learn how to break the cycle of anxious worrying.
Chronic anxiety, or an anxiety disorder does not have a CURE, but rather a treatment (many approaches). Anxiety can absolutely be well managed, but it takes time, patience, professional help, and some hard work. YOU can do it! You have to make the committment to make the changes though, and it won't necessarily always be easy...it's hard to break these kinds of habits and thinking processes.
You JUST started therapy...that takes time. When you tried the meds, how long were you on them before you decided they didn't work? Or, that you were not tolerating them? Meds are another thing that takes some time and often, a good bit of trial and error for some people, to find the RIGHT one.
Another suggestion for you, print out this entire thread, and show it to your therapist. That will really help her have a better idea what's going on...sometimes it's easier to express yourself in writing, verus in person...especially because you're new at therapy.
When is your next appt with her? We'll concentrate on preparing for that now. THAT is the next move....to plan for your appt. How often are you going to be seeing her? Once a week? More? Less?
I took paxil zoloft amd another one not sure what it was. I have a heart phobia and the artery contractions happen when people are under stress it can make ypu have a heart attack. Panic disorder is nrw to me and i.have no.clue what it can do. I have a consoler but just started seeing her
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